Classic Quote: Platinum; "I'd like to make a Mercury Omelette out of
you"

Story
At the lab Doc announces that The Sizzler is totally unstable and he
needs to work on her responsometer and he asks Gold to stand in for
him while he works. Tina is frustrated about the amount of time Doc
is spending with the Sizzler and once again winds up arguing with
Mercury. Gold takes them all out in the Jetaway to try and calm them
down.

Balloon Man Approaches

Suddenly floating towards them is
a life-size inflatable balloon toy man which as they approach
rapidly increases in size and lands a blow on the Jetaway which
causes it to lose control and plunge towards the ground. Gold takes
control and stops the Jetaway in the nick of time. As the Metal Men
turn round Balloon Man has disappeared. They
go back to the lab where Doc Magnus is still busy with the Sizzler,
so the Metal Men relax in the metal briefing room where Nameless
attempts to teach Tin to dance. Suddenly the music on the radio is
interrupted with news that the Balloon Man
has committed a bank robbery. The Metal Men go to confront the
menace

Mercury is Defeated

At the city everyone is laughing
because of the Balloon Man releasing laughing gas. The Metal Men
move in to take him and they too are effected by the gas and start
to laugh which allows the villain time to escape. Later on the Metal
Men are invited to a charity function for needy children and once
there they demonstrate their unique skills to the audience but as
the do so the Balloon Man raids the box office and attempts to make
away with the takings. The metal Men attempt to stop him but are
again foiled this time with black smoke which confuses and blinds
the Metal Men.

They decide to split up to catch the
Balloon man, the first to spot him is Mercury
who becomes a human handcuff to stop the villain but the Balloon Man
inflates himself to giant size and mercury cannot hold him. Next up
is Iron who catches hold of the thief but quickly the Balloon Man
deflates himself and escapes the strongman. He floats over Platinum
who changes shape in a spear and she fly straight through the
Balloon Man puncturing him, unfortunately he is able to self seal
the holes and gets away. Tin and Nameless join forces but again the
Balloon Man evades them

Balloon Man is Destroyed

Gold talks tot he team and they decides a different approach. As
the Balloon Man robs another bank Gold attaches himself to power
lines while Lead contains him and the Balloon Man
is vaporized. Back at the lab Doc is still working on the Sizzler
and Tina decides that Doc Magnus won't find anything different in
Sizzler then he already has in her